Frank Noel Tuff(26 November 1889 – 5 November 1915) was anEnglishfirst-classcricketer.The son of aConservative PartyMember of Parliament, Tuff playedfirst-class cricketforOxford Universityand theFree Foresters,before serving in theFirst World War,in which he was killed from wounds sustained during a bomb accident while taking part in theGallipoli Campaign.
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| Full name | Frank Noel Tuff | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 November 1889 Rochester,Kent,England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 November 1915(aged 25) Imtarfa,Malta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armmedium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1910–1911 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life, cricket and WWI service
editTuff was born atRochester, Kentin November 1889, the son ofCharles Tuffand his wife, Mary Ann Tuff.[1]He was educated at the Abbey School inBeckenham,before going up toMalvern College,where he played for the college cricket team for three years.[1]From Malvern he went up toBrasenose College, Oxford,where he studied law.[1]While studying at Oxford he made his debut infirst-class cricketforOxford Universityagainst theGentlemen of EnglandatOxfordin 1910.[2]He made eight further first-class appearances for Oxford University across the 1910 and 1911 seasons,[2]scoring 128 runs with a high score of 34not out,[3]while with his right-armmedium-fastbowling he took 18 wickets at anaverageof 30.55, with best figures of 5 for 28.[4]Tuff also represented the combinedOxford and Cambridge Universities cricket teamin a first-class match against a combinedArmy and Navy cricket teamatAldershotin 1910,[2]in which he also took afive wicket haulwith figures of 7 for 47 in the Army and Navy first-innings.[5]He gained abluein 1910.[1]In addition to playing cricket for the university, he also playedfootballforOxford University A.F.C.andCorinthians.[1]He married Muriel Mary Smith in 1912.[1]He made a final appearance in first-class cricket for theFree Forestersagainst Oxford University in 1914.[2]
Tuff served in theBritish ArmyduringWorld War I,enlisting with theRoyal East Kent Mounted Riflesas asecond lieutenantin June 1915.[6]He saw action during theGallipoli campaignand was seriously wounded in a bomb accident atCape Helles.He was evacuated toMalta,where he died from his wounds on 5 November 1915.[1]He was buried at thePietà Military Cemetery.[1]
References
edit- ^abcdefghMcCrery, Nigel (30 July 2015).Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War.Pen and Sword.p. 168.ISBN978-1473864191.
- ^abcd"First-Class Matches played by Frank Tuff".CricketArchive.Retrieved2 June2019.
- ^"First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Frank Tuff".CricketArchive.Retrieved2 June2019.
- ^"First-class Bowling For Each Team by Frank Tuff".CricketArchive.Retrieved2 June2019.
- ^"Army and Navy v Oxford and Cambridge Universities, 1910".CricketArchive.Retrieved2 June2019.
- ^"No. 29192".The London Gazette(Supplement). 11 June 1915. p. 5738.